By Nick Harris 20 October 2010 As the British chancellor George Osborne took his axe to public spending today and announced savage cuts the like of which haven’t been in 50 years, Parliament did witness one glimmer of optimism, and it was related to football, as the Prime Minister publicly backed a supporters’ group wanting […]

By Nick Harris 15 September 2010 Read a version of this article in English Facebook istatistiklerine göre dünyanýn en çok hayran kitlesine sahip kulübü 4,5 milyon taraftarý ile Galatasaray. Kulübün Ýþ Geliþtirme Müdürü Ertuð Silay’ýn giriþimleri ve Facebook’taki sayfanýn yöneticilerinden Umut Öfkeli’nin çabalarý önemli. Sportingintelligence olarak kulübün bu baþarýsýndaki önemli pay sahiplerinden kulübün pazarlama ve […]

By Nick Harris 21 May 2010 The award-winning film director and activist Ken Loach is to give the keynote address at a Supporters Direct (SD) conference next month where football fans will discuss proposals that could allow wider fan ownership and more fan influence in the running of clubs. Loach, 73, whose new film ‘Route […]

By Pete Wilson 17 May 2010 Football supporters’ groups have accused the Mail on Sunday of damaging England’s bid to host the 2018 World Cup by printing extracts from a covertly recorded private conversation between Lord Triesman and a former aide, Melissa Jacobs. Triesman resigned on Sunday after remarks he had made to Jacobs were […]

By Nick Harris 13 April 2010 Dave Boyle, the chief executive of Supporters Direct, the organisation that works with football fans’ groups to help them acquire shares and influence at their clubs, has today welcome the unprecedented inclusion in the Labour and Conservative election manifesto documents of proposals on supporter ownership. Writing for sportingintelligence today […]

DAVE BOYLE is the chief executive of Supporters Direct, the organisation that works with supporters trusts at football clubs to help them buy shares and increase influence at their clubs. A former long-serving National Council Member of The Football Supporters’ Federation, he supports AFC Wimbledon. Rather marvelously, he was also the advisor on ‘football matters’ […]

By Nick Harris 19 March 2010 With Manchester United set to host their fierce traditional rivals Liverpool this weekend amid disharmony among fans at both clubs because of American owners and their debts, new research shows fans at both clubs want control, with researchers claiming such control is affordable. The detail of the survey also […]

By Nick Harris 17 March 2010 The Indian Premier League’s third season has begun with promising viewing figures, rising year-on-year by an eye-catching 1,000 per cent in Britain as well as by 43 per cent in the key domestic market of India. Closer examination of the numbers reveals the British figures in absolute terms are […]

DAVE BOYLE is the chief executive of Supporters Direct, the organisation that works with supporters trusts at football clubs to help them buy shares and increase influence at their clubs. A former long-serving National Council Member of The Football Supporters’ Federation, he supports AFC Wimbledon. He was also, rather marvelously, the advisor on football matters […]